Photographic-printing device.



M. F. LONG.

PHOTOGRAPHIG PRINTING DEVICE. I

APPLICATION TILED JULY 11,1911.

; 1 ,04O',7 10. Patented 0011.3, 1912.

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MAX. FREEDOM LONG, 0F EVANSTON, WYOMING..

PHOTO'GRAPHIC-PRINTING DEVICE. 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

(Application filed July 11,1911. 1 Serial No. 637,906.

Patented Oct. 8,1912.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX F. LONG, a (:ltlZEIl of the United States, and aresident of Evanston, in the county of Uinta and State of Wyoming, haveinvented a new and Improved Photographic-Printing Device, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is a photographic printing device so made as to be portableand readily packed for shipment.

It also comprises features of construction whereby light entering thesame will not be transmitted directly to the negative from which thephotographic print is to be made, butwill first fall upon a mirrorcarried on the interior of the casing of the printing device and becaused to pass, by reflection, therefrom to a suitable opening in whichthe negative is held in place. Suitable means in the shape oftranslucent plates nate the negative'with non-actinic rays, to

allow the user to see where to place the paper on the negative at thestart. As soon as the paper is put in place, light is permitted to enterthe printing device without causing itto pass through the trans-.

lucent plates, and the operation of printing then proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which the same characters of reference indicatethe same parts in all the views. Q"

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the lower-part of a window frame,showing my improved photographic printing device in situ; Fign2 isa'transverse' vertical sectional viewon the line 22 of Fig. '3; Fig. 3is a transversesection-on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is anenlarged front elevational view of one of the shutters which carriesplates of translucent material to modify the light when necessary.

On the drawings, 1 indicates the lower part-of an ordinary window framehaving a sill 2, on which I rest a board 3, whigh serves as a base formy portable printing device. This board 3 may be lengthened by means ofan extension piece 4 attached to the board 3 by a block 5, to suit thewidth of the particular window used. The board translucent material 26.These 3 serves as a-base or support to which the body 6 of my improvedprinting device is attached, and has an opening 6 there- -through topermit the rays of light to enter the printingdevicefi when the same .isin use.

The printing device is made up of 'triangular ends 7 united by means ofa slantingback 8 on which is supported a mirror t3, and having anextended top-9. The top is horizontal and has an opening 10 therethroughwhich is cut out around the edges as shown at 11, toreceive the negative12, from which the prints are to be made.-

The numeral 13 represents a pivoted lid or cover to closethe opening 10and hold the negative 12 in place, with the paper on which theprintis tobe made securely clamped between the negative and the lid. This lid ispivotally connected at the middleot'its long edges to the ends of aU-shaped piece of wire 14 pivotally mounted in a block 15 fixed tothetop 9 of the casing; and 16 is a spring attached to one leg of thewire 14 to hold the lid 13 in open'pOsition, as shown in Fig. 1, whenthe negative is to be put in place. When the lid 13 is forced down itfits snugly in on top of the negative 12,, and the'spring 16 engages thewire 14 in such a way that it always tends to raise the lid. This lidmust be fastened to keep it down, and it may beheld in position ifdesired by simply causing it to fit tightly within the upper edges ofthe opening 10. n J a On the top of the cover 9, arranged adjacent theinner edge of the opening 10, is placed a bearing block 17, in which ismount ed a piece of bent wire 18. This piece of wire has one end shapedto form a crank, as

shownin Fig. 1, and itsother end has a hook 19, to which is connected alink 20 having a hook which engages the opening in the upper end of abar 21. This bar 21 is per forated at intervals along its length toreceive the crank-shaped ends of longitudinal operating bars 22, havingjournals, as shown at 24, which are mounted in apertures or hearings inthe-sides 7. To each of these bars is fastened a shutter 25, each ofthese shutters being stamped from a single blank of metzil aving centralopenings cut therein which are filled by means of oblong pieces oforange-colored celluloid or other suit-able oblong pieces of translucentmaterial are simply held in placeby bending over the edges of theshutter upon the edges of the piece 26 tightly enough to hold the latterin place. The bent-over portions 25 along the shorter "edges of theseshutters are perforated to reor casing, illuminating the negative andenablmgthe user tov see how to put the paper on the glass or plateWithout risk of the photographic paper being affected by the exposure.When the paper is on the negative the lid 13 is forced down by hand, andas soon as itis secured in place, so as toclose the opening 10, the wire18 will be pressed down by the fingers of the hand, to-

lift the hooked end 19 and raise the bar 21. This will rotate thecrank-shaped ends of the bars 22, to open the shutters 25. The printingdevice having been previously located at the bottom of the window frame,as shown on Fig. 1, light from Without will now pass freely through theopening 6 to the mirror 8 supported by the back of the casing 8, andthence by reflection through the negative to the paper.

.I wish to reserve to myself the right to make such small changes in theshape, size and arrangement of the parts as fairly fall within thescopeof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A photographic printing device comprising a casing,means to which said casing is secured forattaching the same to a win-..dow frame, said casing having an opening in its front to permit theentrance of light to the inside of the same, a translucent member forcontrolling said opening, means for movably'mounting said memberadjacent said opening and a mirror supported inside of said casing at anangle to said opening, said casing having an opening in its top andhaving means adjacent the top opening for supporting a negative in saidopening in the top, whereby light passing into said casing through theopening in the front will fall upon said mirror and pass therefrom tosaid negative by reflection.

2. A photographic printing device comprising a casing, said casinghaving an opening in its front to permit the entrance of' light to theinside of the same, translucent means --for controlling said'opening,means for adjustably mounting the said translucent'means, a mirrorsupported inside of said casing at an angle to said opening, said havingmeans adjacent the top opening for supportlng a negative over' saidopening, whereby llght passing through the opening fin the front willfall upon the mirror and front, a plurality of translucent shutters car-,ried by said casing in position to uncover and close said opening,means for movably ;mounting said shutters, a mirror supported Finside-ofsaid casing at an angle to said opening, said casing having an openingin its top, and having means adjacent the top opening for supporting anegative over said opening in the top whereby light passing through theopening in the front of said casing will fall upon said mirror and passtherefrom to said negative by reflection, means for holding saidnegative in position, and'means for adjusting the position of saidtranslucent shutters and located adjacent said holding means, wherebywhen the holding means is pressed down over the negative by the hand,the adjusting means can also ,be operated 'to move the translucentshutters into position to uncover said opening in the front of thecasing.

4. A photographic printing device comprising a casing with an opening inits front, 'a plurality of transverse shutters, means for Imounting thesame pivotally over the opening, said casing having a second opening inits top, and having means adjacent said second openingto support a neative in position therein, a mirror carried y said casing at an angle tothe opening in the front, to cause light passing into said casing topass to the negative by reflection, means mounted on the top of thecasing to be pressed down upon said negative to hold the same inposition, and an adjusting member mounted on 'top of the casing, saidmember being located adjacent the means for pressing down upon thenegative, and means for connecting said ;member tothe shutters wherebywhen the "means for securing the negative in place is ;operated by hand,the shutters can likewise be moved into position to uncover the openingin the'front of the casing.

5. In a photographic printin device, a .shuttq g plate comprising a singe blank of casing having an opening in its top and 7 weenie metal havingan oblong central opening, and

aplate of colored translucent material car; ried by said blank andcovering said opening, the outer edges of said blank being bent 6. Inaphotographic. printing device, a

shutter plate comprising a single blank of metal having an oblongcentral opening, a plate of colored translucent material carried by saidblank and covering said opening, the outer edges of said blank beingbent over to engage the edges of said plate of translucent material tohold the same in place, and an adjusting shaft on which said shutterplate is mounted, said shaft having a square section, and the bent-overedges of the ends of said shutter plate having openings through whichsaid shaft is passed, said bent-over edges when folded over beingpressedinto close contact with said. square sections to securesaid shaft inplace.

7. A photographic printing device comprising a caslng having a verticalfront containing an opening, a plurality of transverse shutters, meansfor p1votally.1nou11ting said shutters 'in said opening, .a crankconnected to one end of each of said shutters outside of said casing, abar connecting said cranks, a controlling member having a crank at oneend and a hook at the other, a bearing block onthe cover of said casingin which said member is pivotally mounted, means connecting said hookedend to said bar, the

- top of said casing having an opening formed therein, and apivotally-mounted lid for said opening, said lid having a spring to holdthe Copies of this patent may be obtained for same normally in openposition, the opening through the cover of said casing having b itswalls formed to receive and support a photographic negative, the lid forsuch opening when secured down serving to hold the negative in place,the crank on the controlling member for the shutters being 16- i5 catedadjacent the front end of said lid, whereby, when the lid is forced downby hand to cover up the negative, the crank on the end of said adjustingmember can be engaged by the fingers of the hand at the end of said lidto throw open the shutters to permit the light to enter said casing.

8. In a photographic printing device, the combination of a casing havingan opening to permit light-t0 pass into the same, a sec- 0nd openinghaving means for supporting a negative therein, movable means carried bysaid casing to hold said negative in position, movable means forcontrolling the passage of light through said first-named opening, andmeans for actuating said lastnamed movable means, located adjacent theholding means, whereby when the holding means is moved to engage thenegative, the controlling means for said first-named openmg can also-beoperated.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of the subscribing witnesses.

MAX FREEDOM LONG.

Witnesses:

S. M. STONE, J. MATHEsoN,

JOHN R. ARNDLD, .T. A. HEWITT.

five'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. Q.

